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foods and drugs are prepared, sold or offered 

 for sale. This is in line with the recommen- 

 dations of the State and National Food and 

 Dairy Departments. 



3. An amendment to the Water and Sewage 

 Law was passed, revising the definition of 

 sewage so as to include industrial wastes, and 

 giving the Board of Health authority over 

 the operation, as well as the installation of 

 both old and new water plants and sewage 

 systems, also, providing for investigations 

 concerning purity of water supply and the 

 pollution of streams. 



4. A comprehensive and stringent Weights 

 and Measures Law was passed, authorizing 

 the inspectors of the Food and Drugs Depart- 

 ment to be inspectors of weights and meas- 

 ures, and charging them to assist in the en- 

 forcement of the law. 



5. There was passed what is believed to he 

 an effective hotel inspection law, with special 

 attention to fire escapes, sanitary conditions, 

 cleanliness, disinfection of rooms and sani- 

 tary supervision over places where foods are 

 prepared. 



6. Four important laws were passed, look- 

 ing toward tuberculosis control in the state. 

 One of these laws requires compulsory confi- 

 dential reports of all cases; another is in- 

 tended to control tuberculosis in animals; 

 another refers to spitting in public places; 

 and a fourth appropriates $10,000 a year for 

 an educational campaign for the supervision 

 and prevention of tuberculosis. 



7. A law was passed revising the general 

 health laws, pertaining to health officers, and 

 among other things empowering the State 

 Board of Health to remove a county health 

 officer for neglecting, or refusing, to perform 

 the duties of his office. 



This legislation will add very much to the 

 powers already possessed by the State Board 

 of Health, and they will be able, to a greater 

 extent than ever before, to contend effectively 

 with disease. E. H. S. Bailey 



I'M OKLAHOMA 

 The following is from the Ohlahoma City 

 Times of April 23: 



Despite the fact that all the business trans- 

 acted by the board of regents of the Oklahoma 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater 

 in its meeting April 13 to 15, has been kept secret, 

 the fact has leaked out that the board decided on 

 a wholesale dismissal of instructors. 



As a result of the dismissals many are declar- 

 ing that the action was taken in order that 

 firmer supporters of the Haskell state administra- 

 tion might be elevated to positions which carry 

 good salaries. 



It is known that ten of the instructors in the 

 schools have received notice of their dismissals, 

 and that the new selections of the board will soon 

 be named for their places. 



Among those who have been dismissed are: 

 George H. Holter, professor in chemistry, who 

 has held his position in the school with credit for 

 seventeen years. 



O. M. Morris, professor in botany and horticul- 

 ture, who is a graduate of the school, class of 

 1896 and who graduated in his specialties from 

 Cornell in 1897. 



E. E. Balcomb, who is in charge of the agricul- 

 tural work, which the school provides for the com- 

 mon schools of the state. Professor Balcomb was 

 appointed by the same board last year. 



James W. Means, professor in mathematics. 

 R. Rosensteingel, assistant in electrical en- 

 gineering. 



C. Beathy, in charge of chemistry in the experi- 

 ment station. He is one of the appointees of the 

 present board. 



J. F. Lawrence, instructor in mathematics. 

 R. P. Sauerhering, assistant in mechanical en- 

 gineering. 



H. S. Weatherby, assistant in chemistry. 

 Miss C. H. Snapp, instructor in English, one of 

 the board's own appointees. 



It is reported that the board of regents of 

 the university has resolved to confer the de- 

 gree of doctor of laws on Mr. Linebaugh, the 

 regent, at whose request the notorious letter 

 from the Eev. Mr. Morgan was written ac- 

 cusing members of the faculty of dancing and 

 card playing. The board has passed the fol- 

 lowing resolutions: 



Wheeeas, the University of Oklahoma belongs 

 to all the people of the state and should be con- 

 ducted in such a way that the humblest citizen 

 can not justly criticize it or any member of the 

 faculty, and 



Whereas, a goodly number of our citizens very 



